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Step toward possible military intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC, Politics, Armed Forces
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Reality check in Mideast shows no real solution
After President Obama's visit to Israel and Jordan, it's time for our reality check No. 99. For perspective, let's backtrack to Obama's June 2009 speech in Cairo. Reasonably, the President asserted, all sides were educated, smart and patriotic. If...Tags: Judaism, Kim Jong Un, Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu, Egypt
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U.S. hands over control of Bagram prison to Afghan government
BAGRAM, Afghanistan—The U.S. handed over control of the prison at Bagram air base to the Afghan government Monday, resolving a major sticking point that had been complicating relations between Washington and Kabul as both countries brace for the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, International Military Interventions, Pakistan, Afghanistan
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Kerry arrives for Afghanistan visit, will skip Pakistan for now
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In his debut diplomatic swing, Secretary of State John F. Kerry is sidestepping Pakistan for fear that Pakistanis could misinterpret a visit as American meddling in the country’s historic effort to choose a new civilian...
Tags: Politics, Hillary Clinton, National Government, Hamid Karzai, Government
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Jordanian council calls King Abdullah a Zionist agent
AMMAN, Jordan -- A tribal council long allied with the Jordanian monarchy has labeled King Abdullah II a Zionist agent because of comments he made in an interview with the Atlantic magazine. “You practiced the role of agent for the forces of...
Tags: Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Politics, Bashar Assad, Central African Republic, Mohamed Morsi
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Abdullah to Obama: Watch out for Brother Mursi
King Abdullah II of Jordan, a member of the dwindling band of Arab leaders who have somehow stayed in power despite the rise of what he calls a "Muslim Brotherhood crescent" across the Middle East, made an acute observation to me recently about the...
Tags: Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Mohamed Morsi
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Obama defends U.S. approach to Syrian conflict
AMMAN, Jordan — Standing less than 100 miles from the Syrian border, President Obama on Friday defended his administration’s reluctance to use U.S. military force to quell the civil war in that country, saying experience has shown that slow...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jerusalem (Israel), Wars and Interventions, Israel, Bashar Assad
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Obama ending Israel visit with symbolic stops
JERUSALEM (AP) — Wrapping up a three day visit to Israel, President Barack Obama paid respects to its heroes and to victims of the Holocaust, solemnly reaffirming the Jewish state's right to exist. Accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Tags: Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Al Green, Politics, Judaism, Human Interest
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Why is Obama going to Israel?
President Obama is visiting Israel this week, the first foreign trip of his second term. Some commentators have criticized the tour as a diversion from the president's intention to pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region. Why go to Israel now, they ask,...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Iran's Nuclear Program, Lebanon, Judaism
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Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau leaving for a university in Saudi Arabia
Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau this week announced that he will leave his position at the end of the school year to head up a science and tech-focused university in Saudi Arabia. Chameau, who will be leading the newly formed King Abdullah University...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Students, Harry Gray, Biology
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Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau leaving for Saudi Arabia post
L.A. NOWThe president of Caltech, Jean-Lou Chameau, announced Tuesday that he would step down as head of that prestigious Pasadena institution at the end of the school year and become head of a university in Saudi Arabia. Chameau, a French-born civil...... -
Donors pledge about $1.5 billion in Syrian aid
BEIRUT -- Amid dire warnings that funds are running low to care for victims of the Syrian conflict, the United Nations said Wednesday that donors had pledged about $1.5 billion to help war-battered Syrians, exceeding the U.N.’s target appeal....
Tags: Michel Suleiman, Ban Ki-moon, White House, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
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